Poets' Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1991) Winner
Mark Jarman
マーク・ジャーマン
Māku Jāman
Aliases:
Mark F. Jarman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Mount Sterling, Kentucky
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Santa Maria, California → Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland → Redondo Beach, California → Nashville, Tennessee
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic, university professor
- Active Years
- 1974-2020
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University
- Influenced By
- Donald Justice, Raymond Carver, Charles Wright
- Nominations
- Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award (1997)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Santa Cruz | — | English literature | B.A. | 1970-1974 | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Poetry | M.F.A. | 1974-1976 | United States |
University of California, Santa Cruz
English literature
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1970-1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
highest honors
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Poetry
Degree:
M.F.A.
Period:
1974-1976
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Poets' Prize | The Black Riviera | poetry | Poets' Prize committee | won |
| 1998 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Questions for Ecclesiastes | poetry | Academy of American Poets | won |
| 2013 | Balcones Poetry Prize | Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems | poetry | — | won |
| 1974 | Joseph Henry Jackson Award | — | poetry manuscript | San Francisco Foundation | won |
Poets' Prize
1991
Work:
The Black Riviera
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Poets' Prize committee
Result:
won
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
1998
Work:
Questions for Ecclesiastes
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
won
Balcones Poetry Prize
2013
Work:
Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems
Category:
poetry
Result:
won
Joseph Henry Jackson Award
1974
Category:
poetry manuscript
Organization:
San Francisco Foundation
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Black Riviera
1990 poetryA book of poetry.
familyplaceGod
Questions for Ecclesiastes
1997 poetryA book of poetry.
familyplaceGod
Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems
2011 poetryNew and selected poems.
familyplaceGod
Bibliography
- North Sea (1978)
- The Rote Walker (1981)
- Far and Away (1985)
- The Black Riviera (1990)
- Iris (1992)
- Questions for Ecclesiastes (1997)
- Unholy Sonnets (2000)
- To the Green Man (2004)
- Epistles (2007)
- Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems (2011)
- The Heronry (2017)
- Zeno's Eternity (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- New Formalismnarrative to lyricfree to metrical verse
- Recurring Motifs
- family experiencesense of placepresence of God
Legacy
Known as a poet associated with New Formalism, emeritus professor at Vanderbilt University.